Ramblings of an Emergency Physician in Texas

The Happy Hospitalist: What Kind Of Patient Are You?

The Happy Hospitalist: What Kind Of Patient Are You?
So I ask the question, what type of patient are you? Are you contributing to the demise of the third party model so ingrained in our current culture. A third party model whose cost structure has risen exponentially due to rapidly rising costs on the few. A third party model who must pass on to others the costs of a few. The following is my breakdown of America’s patients, as seen from the door of the hospital room. What kind of patient are you?